PLAYED AT: Air Canada CentreDate: Sep 24, 2016GAME NOTES: MARCHAND LEADS CANADA INTO WORLD CUP FINALS
WENDY GRAVES
TORONTO – Brad Marchand (Hammonds Plains, N.S./Boston, NHL) had two goals and Sidney Crosby (Cole Harbour, N.S./Pittsburgh, NHL), Corey Perry (Peterborough, Ont./Anaheim, NHL) and John Tavares (Mississauga, Ont./New York Islanders, NHL) one each as Canada beat Russia 5-3 to advance to the best-of-three final series of the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.
Finding itself tied 2-2 after two periods despite outshooting Russia 33-15, Canada scored three times in a span of 8:06 of the third period to pull away.
Just 1:16 into the final period, Crosby dropped a pass to Marchand, who cleanly beat Sergei Bobrovsky far side.
Four minutes later, Perry found the handle on a rebound in front to make it 4-2.
Then Tavares did a little toe drag before releasing a wrist shot from between the hash marks.
With Russia’s net empty, Artemi Panarin scored in a scramble down low with seven seconds left in regulation to close out the scoring.
Canada opened the scoring in front of an amped-up crowd only 7:40 into the game.
Crosby picked the puck off Dmitry Kulikov near the side boards, skated in front and finished off with a backhand.
Just as players put aside rivalries this tournament, so too have the fans. After Carey Price (Anahim Lake, B.C./Montreal, NHL) stoned Nikita Kucherov in the opening minutes, the crowd chanted his name. And after Marchand created a turnover deep in the Russian zone and set up a scoring chance for himself on the penalty kill, his efforts were loudly cheered. Neither player is likely to be received so warmly on future visits to the Air Canada Centre.
The opening five minutes of the second period were all Canada, but it couldn’t buy itself some breathing room. A one-goal lead is perilously thin, even when a team is dominating puck possession.
Russia didn’t get its first shot of the second period until 8:47 had ticked off the clock.
And Kucherov scored on that shot, keeping the puck on a two-on-one with Vladislav Namestnikov.
Moments after Ryan Getzlaf (Regina, Sask./Anaheim, NHL) hit the crossbar, Evgeny Kuznetsov finished off a pass in front to give Russia its first lead late in the second period.
Seventy-two seconds later Crosby fed Marchand to tie the game.
Canada outshot Russia 47-34; Price picked up his third win in as many starts.
Canada awaits the winner of the Sweden-Europe semifinal to see who it faces in the final; Game 1 goes Tuesday night (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT).

Visiting Team: Russia

Home Team: Canada

RUSSIA LINEUP

Pos

No.

Name

G

1

Varlamov, Semyon

G

72

Bobrovsky, Sergei

7

Kulikov, Dmitry

8

Ovechkin, Alex

9

Orlov, Dmitry

13

Datsyuk, Pavel

22

Zaitsev, Nikita

27

Panarin, Artemi

41

Kulemin, Nikolay

42

Anisimov, Artem

47

Marchenko, Alexey

63

Dadonov, Evgenii

71

Malkin, Evgeni

74

Emelin, Alexei

77

Telegin, Ivan

79

Markov, Andrei

86

Kucherov, Nikita

87

Shipachev, Vadim

89

Nesterovv, Nikita

90

Namestnikov, Vladislav

91

Tarasenko, Vladimir

92

Kuznetsov, Evgeny

RUSSIA PENALTIES

Per.

No.

Min

Offence

Off

PP

PS

Start

On

1st

91

2:00

Roughing

13:04

1

13:04

15:04

1st

22

2:00

Tripping

15:29

1

15:29

17:29

1st

92

2:00

High-Sticking

18:28

1

18:28

0:28

CANADA LINEUP

Pos

No.

Name

G

31

Price, Carey

G

50

Crawford, Corey

4

Bouwmeester, Jay

6

Weber, Shea

7

Muzzin, Jake

8

Doughty, Drew

9

Duchene, Matt

15

Getzlaf, Ryan

16

Toews, Jonathan

20

Tavares, John

24

Perry, Corey

27

Pietrangelo, Alex

28

Giroux, Claude

37

Bergeron, Patrice

39

Couture, Logan

44

Vlasic, Marc-Edouard

63

Marchand, Brad

87

Crosby, Sidney

88

Burns, Brent

90

O'Reilly, Ryan

91

Stamkos, Steven

97

Thornton, Joe

CANADA PENALTIES

Per.

No.

Min

Offence

Off

PP

PS

Start

On

1st

4

2:00

Hooking

5:06

1

5:06

7:06

1st

88

2:00

Tripping

9:10

1

9:10

11:10

3rd

15

2:00

Slashing

1:37

1

1:37

3:37

RUSSIA Goals

RUSSIA PLAYERS (plus)

CANADA PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

2nd

8:46

86-22-71

2nd

16:24

92-77-63

3rd

19:51

27-41-86

CANADA Goals

CANADA PLAYERS (plus)

RUSSIA PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st

7:40

87

2nd

17:36

63-87-37

3rd

1:16

63-87-37

3rd

5:48

24-39-44

3rd

9:22

20-15-44

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES

RUSSIA

0 / 3

CANADA

0 / 3

PENALTY SUMMARY

RUSSIA

6 min / 3 inf

CANADA

6 min / 3 inf

POINT SUMMARY

RUSSIA

3 G + 6 A = 9 Pts

CANADA

5 G + 8 A = 13 Pts

SCORING

1

2

3

Total

RUSSIA

0

2

1

3

CANADA

1

1

3

5

GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time)

1

2

3

Tot.

On

Off

RUS - Bobrovsky (60:00) (L)

16

15

11

42

/0:00

3rd/20:00

CAN - Price (60:00) (W)

7

6

18

31

/0:00

3rd/20:00

Stars of the Game

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Start:

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End:

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CERTIFIED CORRECT

This report has been checked and verified against the Official World Cup of Hockey Game Report.